cast
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Laurence Olivier
MacHeath
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Hugh Griffith
The Beggar
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George Rose
1st Turnkey
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Stuart Burge
1st Prisoner
- Cyril Conway 2nd Prisoner
- Gerald Lawson 3rd Prisoner
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Dorothy Tutin
Polly Peachum
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George Devine
Peachum
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Mary Clare
Mrs. Peachum
- Edward Pryor Filch
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Athene Seyler
Mrs. Trapes
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Stanley Holloway
Mr. Lockit
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Daphne Anderson
Lucy Lockit
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Eric Pohlmann
Inn Keeper
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Yvonne Furneaux
Jenny Diver
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Kenneth Williams
Jack the Pot Boy
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Sandra Dorne
Sukey Tawdry
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Laurence Naismith
Matt of the Mint
- Max Brent A Drunkard
- Mercy Haystead Dolly Trull
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Patricia Raine
Mrs. Slammekin
- Jocelyn James Molly Brazen
- Isabel George Mrs. Vixen
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Helen Christie
Betty Doxey
- John Kidd 2nd Turnkey
- Herbert C. Walton 3rd Turnkey
- Eugene Leahy 4th Turnkey
- Edgar Norfolk 5th Turnkey
- Oliver Hunter 2nd Chairman
- Madge Brindley Gin Seller
- Felix Felton Governor
- Denis Cannan John, the Footman
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Margot Grahame
The Actress
- Tamba Allen Negro Page
- Terence Greenidge Chaplain
- Billy Wells Hangman
- Adele Leigh Singing voice
- Jennifer Vyvyan Singing voice
- Edith Coats Singing voice
- Joan Cross Singing voice
- John Cameron Singer
- Bruce Boyce Singing voice
- Alanna Boyce Urchin
- John Baker 2nd Chairman